We have beer stores and groceries stores with beer, wine, and other summer drink mix. Not dry summer!

@Michael-pg7rv

8 күн бұрын

I would be all for smaller business doing their own thing. Wineries and craft beer retail locations would pop up which could be pretty cool. It would allow for a more direct sales channel for these small producers who otherwise can not get their products onto the shelves of an LCBO or loblaws

This is why we need to open up the Liqueur market. LCBO has the monopoly and this is what happens.

@tristan8813

9 күн бұрын

Amen brother

@rafial81

8 күн бұрын

They can enjoy their above average salary and union after bankruptcy

@Chain987

4 күн бұрын

@@rafial81 I am sure their skill will lend em a job in Wal mart or at timmies...

Running a monopoly is illegal.

@tinomoc9877

9 күн бұрын

Making alcohol easier to purchase is irresponsible

@Madisonscott1125

9 күн бұрын

@@tinomoc9877I’m from Quebec. We are good?

@zesteecheeze

9 күн бұрын

​​@@tinomoc9877 Playing a moral superiority card to cling to a monopoly is like turning to the church for them to make this decision 😄

@barbaramatthews7140

9 күн бұрын

No problem for me ! I don’t need alcohol to enjoy my life !!

@boyce5994

9 күн бұрын

I dont even drink.

It wouldn't be a problem if they sold booze in all stores... I'm in Tomar, Portugal, and I can get beer and wine anywhere. Strikes don't matter if you have more options.

@boyce5994

9 күн бұрын

Liquor is the thing.

Unfortunately for them, this will only strengthen the resolve to put liquor in grocery stores. The public won't show any support for not having access to their favourite spirits. Government controlled alcohol outlets are no longer popular.

Here,in Alberta,..you choose what store you want to go to and when, no Government store to buy booze,..just buy it as you wish, if you wish...

@Chain987

7 күн бұрын

@@johnmackinnon1026 common sense. No wonder alcohol is expensive here to pay all those salaries for people at lcbo.

@johnmackinnon1026

7 күн бұрын

@@Chain987 Your right, plain and simple,...when I lived in Hamilton,I was always shocked by the ridiculous prices,...here in Alberta,you pay for your booze,beer, etc,..and, the stores are on the hook for the wages,...all alcohol is too expense, but, Ontario is way out of touch,...

@Chain987

7 күн бұрын

@@johnmackinnon1026 I know. It is hard to explain that to people that never go outside of the province.

Through this strike . People will realize they don’t want lcbo anymore 😂

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

LCBO, so we unionize cashiers and stock people now. What’s next, maybe we can unionize the homeless

They are on their way out

@AnnaJo2000

9 күн бұрын

I'll bet if the LCBO offered you a job, you wouldn't waste time taking it.

I am against Ford and any actions that prevent expansions and leave more options for consumers, and this strike shows that LCBO is against leaving more options for people. According to the union, the expansion may affect around 9% of ready-to-drink cocktails. I mean... C'mon! LCBO stores don't stay open until late; some close on long weekends and holidays when the private can remain open.

@rickvervoort9536

8 күн бұрын

Can you try that again in English before I give you a like?

Not going to miss them

In Europe, alcohol and beer are everywhere.Grocery, gas station... No such bs as lcbo.

@jbs0009

7 күн бұрын

On the plus side, the lcbo provides popular liquor brands sold in Europe, often at approximately half the price.

@Chain987

7 күн бұрын

@@jbs0009 that's not correct. Just example. Jagermaister, herb liqueur, 1liter, in Europe, goes from 16-21 Euros. Here, just 0.75 of Liter is 21 euros equivalent in Canadian money, last time I checked.

@jbs0009

7 күн бұрын

@Chain987 I'm thinking of the gin and vodka brands I've seen on sale in Paris and London, what part of Europe are you referring to, by the way?

@Chain987

7 күн бұрын

@@jbs0009 not correct. I am often in Europe and lcbo is super expensive. Just imagine, lcbo all the ravenue comes just from selling booze, in Europe, that's grocery's one of the many items on shelfs. Of course lcbo is more expensive. Just common sense.

@jbs0009

7 күн бұрын

You're being very vague. You haven't named specific products. I know there are many cheap wine options in the average grocery store, in Europe, I have given you more specific examples that most of the premium brands of gin and vodka, like Grey goose and the like, although produced in Europe, are sold at a lower price in lcbo stores then anything I've seen in London or Paris. That's the point, my personal experience, don't get your knickers in a twist, a simple Google search will probably sufffice, I'm not going to placate your ego anymore.

Lol stays open for covid thought they couldn’t close

@jasonkennedy3517

9 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same thing.

Privatize this government waste

Good! Privatize it babbbyyyy

Lmao they are on strike because they don't want the private corner stores to sell alcohol end of story good day

Quebec liquor places on the Ontario border are gonna make alot of money💰💰💰💰

@wainber1

9 күн бұрын

I won't be surprised if that happens.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

Technically it's illegal. Yep.

@geraldbraganza2617

8 күн бұрын

@@BeeRich33 not anymore

Apparently Booze is still a big deal in Ontario…

@Kyt2024

9 күн бұрын

@@andygrenn680 I say this as a non drinker in Ontario, but show me somewhere where it isn’t?

@andygrenn680

9 күн бұрын

@@Kyt2024 we’ve given up the sauce too! Day and night we get hammered on 💦 Water.…Both of us are struggling Waterholics…We’re never dry!

@mariafaria2256

8 күн бұрын

Only?😂

@andygrenn680

8 күн бұрын

@@mariafaria2256 Booze is important across Canada. This country wouldn’t survive if not for booze…As non drinkers recently off the sauce my wife and I are addicted to spring water. 💦 We are struggling Waterholics. Drinking ourselves into oblivion daily. There is no hope. We see water we drink water…

never understood why the LCBO has a marketing budget. You cant buy it anywhere else. its a damn monopoly.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

To employ their cousins. It's government nepotism. It's disgusting.

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

If they had done this a few years ago, pre-Covid it probably would’ve more of an effect. Now you can literally get alcohol almost anywhere. For example, tonight, I’m making Jell-O shots and I just realized today LCBO is on strike so obviously I can’t get vodka. I literally just went on DoorDash ordered from Boston Pizza for only five bucks more. And they deliver it to my house within 30 minutes. So I don’t really understand what LCBO workers think they are getting out of this.

LCBO is past it’s time we have to move on the monopoly has gone on for too long

@AnnaJo2000

9 күн бұрын

Cry me a river.

@zesteecheeze

9 күн бұрын

​@@AnnaJo2000 union workers are the ones crying rivers, sweetie 😘

@TheIzzbop

8 күн бұрын

so instead give lablaws and all the other ceos more money instead of putting it towards are public services like health care. got it, you must related to the CEO of a grocery store

@zesteecheeze

8 күн бұрын

@@geraldbraganza2617 the censorship here is unreal. I get notifications for additional replies on comments where my comment has been removed 😂

@geraldbraganza2617

8 күн бұрын

@@zesteecheeze you’re not the only one so has a lot of mine have been removed or not allowed

Crazy how many people need alcohol to live.

@EatAPeach72

9 күн бұрын

To live with Dopes like you

@trishhynd7207

9 күн бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Talk about a health crisis!

@billjohnson7904

9 күн бұрын

its called alcoholism

@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck

9 күн бұрын

It isn't up to you or the union thugs to decide what i do need or what i do want

@daviau7884

9 күн бұрын

@@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck nobody is deciding for you. It’s a bit of an issue if you are panicking because you can’t buy booze.

Who cares. Privatize it!

Beer store sales booming this weekend, haha!

@Buckle02

8 күн бұрын

There are still corner store or small town LCBOs open as well, it's tje stand alone LCBOs that can go away. Do away with that system

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Only freedummie wimps drink beer. I only drink tequila

I just bought a couple of bottles of wine for this weekend from a small mom n pop type store run by a nice immigrant family. I'd be ok if the LCBO ceased to exist

End this Monopoly

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

You freedummies sure love your slave wages bahahahaha

I live in a small village and the grocery store sells beer and alcohol so there’s options…. Stop spreading fake news the lcbo strike doesn’t effect anything other than lcbo stores

Go one step further, close every bar that has a parking lot. WTF does a bar need a parking lot for?

@pacman3556

9 күн бұрын

Designated drivers and non drinkers that go for the food and watch a game

@crohunter100

9 күн бұрын

LOL are you serious?

@Pheonix384

9 күн бұрын

Never thought about it you're right everybody could walk or cab whether you drink or not and those parking lots could be used to build housing student housing would be perfect so that the bar noise is kept with the students

@boyce5994

9 күн бұрын

100% serious, there would be less deaths from drunk drivers

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

@@boyce5994 Ban kitchen tools and butter knives. That way, no stabbings. Ever. Much like the UK doesn't have gun crime, right?

Beer store is still open, right?

@rethinker167

9 күн бұрын

yes but they dont sell hard liquor or wine

@wholeagain

8 күн бұрын

@@rethinker167wine rack , wine shop, and some grocery stores do

Sadly, what i found out from this video is. These people cannot survive without alcohol their only concern is stocking up an no mention on why are workers on strike

@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck

9 күн бұрын

Apparently they are happy on strike.....hope they stay there for a couple months

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

For BS government 'reasons'. "Job security". Nobody has that.

The province has no business monopolizing alcohol sales, and the LCBO has to go. More options for consumers is better. Government should govern. not run brick and mortar stores. This strike just solidifies that. I can't see many people sympathizing with the LCBO here...

1:36 That facility is mostly staffed by temp agency workers.

Good thing I'm not a big wine or spirits drinker. I don't expect this will be able to last that long.

Booze is overpriced, over taxed and over regulated....gave it up years ago, strike doesn't bother me

WE DONT WANT LCBO. GET OVER IT

@ashleysleeth1106

9 күн бұрын

Oh shut up dude my friends work there show some respect and support

@Kyt2024

9 күн бұрын

@@ashleysleeth1106I fully agree that everyone deserves respect but I don’t think they necessarily blindly deserve our support. LCBO workers are well compensated and nobody gets job security. People are sick and tired of hearing that every union is striking. I don’t even drink, so this doesn’t impact me directly whatsoever however I know people whose work has been impacted by this who are not even LCBO workers. It seems like every union out there is looking at the government / employer to cover the huge rise in inflation we’ve seen and that is unrealistic in most cases. At least this one isn’t an essential service (like the TTC should still be)

@ashleysleeth1106

9 күн бұрын

@@Kyt2024I work for a union and ya we do have the right to fight for a better wage

@Kyt2024

9 күн бұрын

@@ashleysleeth1106 didn’t say you don’t have the right. I said the asks are often unrealistic in a lot of cases (such as wage increases to match inflation when inflation has been well above normal). Agree to disagree but I have a problem with striking as a negotiation tactic (conversely I also disagree with lockouts). If I decided not to do my job until my employer finds more money or appeases me from a job security perspective, I’d be replaced. Not everyone who wants more money necessarily deserves to be paid more than they are making - that’s the employers’s right, to dictate what an individual position and worker are worth to their business. It is a rarity that these discussions don’t start with the employer offering some sort of blanket pay increase over the term of the next collective agreement. The very concept of walking off the job to fight for job security is a hilarious oxymoron.

@zesteecheeze

9 күн бұрын

​@@ashleysleeth1106ahhh, nepotism, the perfect reason to support a cause 😂

LCBO has to stop will create more business opportunities for selling alcohol.

What we need to do is shut all the LCBO’s down and let the free market have it. Enough of dumb rules, dumb hours and dumb holiday closures for alcohol

Competition couldn't come soon enough!

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

Nobody is competing with the LCBO. It's designed that way.

@ENTPDuelist

8 күн бұрын

@@BeeRich33 That's what I meant. It sucks those people are going to lose a good paying job but there's no reason I should have to drive to the LCBO for basic spiced rum.

The first ever 4th lcbo strike

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Con govts destroy everything

1. this model is terrible for consumers, treat ontarians like adults and allow them access to alcohol when and where they want, 2. if we are that reliant on LCBO for provincial revenues we have a bigger fucken problem, i think we can afford to dissolve the lcbo

Ge ready to start making mocktails, a mockery of the venerable cocktail. The mocktail has the same elegance and sophistication minus the alcohol. Probably the most venerable of cocktails is the Manhattan, which is made of whisky, bitters, and vermouth, which two of those ingredients are sold at the LCBO. It's a challenge to make a mocktail version of the Manhattan.

Prime time to start making and selling your own booze.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

You can't sell it. You can make it. Been around for decades.

The L the B the C and the O …Definitely the most thirsty letters in the Alphabet…

What you have to know is that the Province of Ontario runs the LCBO. NOT THE UNION! I hope your out long enough that management gets to run the stores in two weeks. Guaranteed job, what planet are you from? Oh ya, taxpayer funded through liger tax. Must be a bottomless pocket of cash.

STRIKEOUT!

One more reason to have alcohol in every other place .....so these union thugs be more irrelevant

Glad there's the beer store and i can get wine at the grocery store. Whining LCBO workers

Why not open it up to privatization. It will make access, product availability and reduce prices to consumers. It will also grow a lot of small businesses and the employment will just transfer over from public to private.

Just say no to the LCBO.

Beer store is open, not a big deal & if it closed too for a few weeks, it doesn't matter.

I hate to see ppl lose their jobs because of greed

@u2fanforever1

9 күн бұрын

I'd like to see them lose their jobs because they want to make our lives inconvenient.

@willp_2k765

9 күн бұрын

@@u2fanforever1makes no sense. The lcbo gives back 2.5 billion dollars in revenue annually to fund your hospitals and schools not to mention infrastructure. The lcbo can be more convenient if a deal was signed but ford is to busy wanting his billionaire friends to make the money. Where do you think revenue made from circle k will go? Not helping us right into the CEOs pocket.

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Cons destroy everything

But why is the Rum gone!

It's alcohol, not food get over it.

Ontario is going to privatize the entire industry. All of the striking workers should apply for EI benefits because I don't believe there will EVER be a deal. I expect Ford's government to use this strike to fast track full privatization and close ALL LCBOs by the end of the year; probably Beer Stores as well are gone

The highest paid retail workers with pension and benefits want more..... Can't wait for privatization..... This is a union thing not about the employees.

For decades now Unions have broken companies and driven a move to offshore manufacturing. Times have change now and companies are clearly putting shareholder revenue above employee value. It is time that unions like this one take back the respect that they deserve. Casual help is supposed t be just that, casual not continual to avoid paying benefits. Job security is critical. Moving sales to corner stores is a business case for the governemnt. They will still get the tax benfits without the business costs. Our prices will not go down. Our taxes will not go down. The only difference is that unemployment will go up to pay for more government revenue. I fully support the union in this.

They can enjoy their above average salary and union after bankruptcy

Younger people need to learn how to make wine and keep European tradition going.

I'm hoping they go out of business

Lcbo gota go

Sell the LCBO..

Greed is a crazy thing

The LCBO is the largest “single source” of funding for the Ontario government. A two week strike would see a transfer loss of over $88 million to the coffers of the Ford government.

@gordonturner3554

9 күн бұрын

That will be made up if they even see any cash flow slow downs. The taxes are the same regardless of who sells it, corner store, Walmart etc. We have a gem where I live, sells it all, great hours and great people run it.

@pacman3556

9 күн бұрын

tax on alcohol is the same whether it is beer or liquor. If people switch to beer the govt will still get it's taxes. And it is not a Ford govt coffer. It doesn't go to the PC party funds. It is the govt coffers.....same thing would apply to any party that was in power.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

And what do we get out of any perceived income from this debacle? If it was in the true economy, stores everywhere would get the benefit, and not some government that pays itself.

This segment is 4min34sec. Total time they spent mentioning all the OTHER PLACES where you can buy beer/wine/cider at RIGHT NOW: 0 sec. This is not 'reporting', this is PROPAGANDA.

Addiction, whatever it is ( be it fame, a person, a place, or substance... Whatever the sensual satisfaction Proclivity ), Addiction is like any other toxic, over safety concious friend, That isn't necessarily right, ethical or virtuous. With perspective over perception you learn, Addiction is like that stupid friend., that helps you in a peticular way at a certain time in your life, but they refuse to grow into empathy and compassion..., and learn, "that particular energy doesn't function well for you" . Learn to thank them, and love them, but from a distance, instead of focusing on "why is the addiction there" . (Whatever the toxic friend may be), focus primarily on "Why is the pain there" pulling out the root instead of self medicating the discomfort of indifference from people with the emotional depth of a deflated kiddy pool... Just what we needed! more alcohol added to "more stupid friends !!!..."

@automatrixeh

9 күн бұрын

u copy pasta that?

Beer store better than LCBO because beer is better than wine.

@pacman3556

9 күн бұрын

but rye whiskey is better then beer.

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

bahahah only freedummie wimps drink beer. I only drink tequila

Fire all of them.

It’s ok I’ll drink more water instead

Shake er off 😂😂, meanwhile they got the shakes.

If money is the root of only evil why do all need and want it in the flesh?

close the LCBO down. Tell the workers there to get real jobs and sell liquor in corner stores. End of story

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

Lol, @ the Beerstore & the LCBO treating Ontarians like it's still prohibition like it's still the 1920s.... *YOU ONLY BUY FROM US* damn man can't wait until beer is sold in convivence stores id stock the hell up and go buy 2 30 pack cans like 3 times every two weeks since it's more convenient then just going out of your way to shop for alcohol from the LCBO & the beerstore. Hell, that no name brand beer is $1 bottles but it has this danky after taste after 4 drinks of that b.s..

You should not care; they hire much like everyone else Part time and low pay.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

Uh, no. I worked at it 40 years ago. They pay well. Unionized means it's completely supported by means like this.

Time to leave various fruits out in the sun for an extended period to gain the alcohol I so desperately need /jk

Viva la alcoholism!

i the strike wont affect much. you can go to the beer store. or wine rack, theres way more options now. the best thing for LCBO to do is merge with the beer store and close alot of their lcbo stand alone stores. its time we moved on from government booze sales

Ford is at his cottage for three months. Won’t here a peep from him.

@ericwest49

9 күн бұрын

And I bet there’s a grocery store near his cottage that sells beer and alcohol. This monopoly that the lcbo needs to end. Closing the lcbo will only save money

This is great news. Less folks getting drunk , Less problems in the streets.

@EatAPeach72

9 күн бұрын

You look exactly like a guy that would make that comment 👍

@user-pp1ln8lr5l

9 күн бұрын

Until, a person that can`t get they`re drink on, then turn to drugs, still a problem.

@pacman3556

9 күн бұрын

you're the type of person that makes other people drink.

Money is the root of all evil and good and I Believe One GOD created it by a Spirit

Who cares

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

Ontario taxpayers. Getting paid $40/hr to put bottles on a shelf is insane.

Doug Ford really does suck, doesnt he?

@shanewilson8728

8 күн бұрын

Doug Ford is doing an amazing job as Premier of Ontario. It would be an honor and privilege to vote for Doug Ford again in 2026 .

@bonbonvegabon

6 күн бұрын

VOTE FORD OUT

I dont drink so this doesnt affect me 😂

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

I'm so happy you posted. I was really worried.

@magnabeast88

8 күн бұрын

@@BeeRich33 thanks Mr clean

Life in Ontario is on hold until Ontarians can buy their booze again. This is a great opportunity to give up the addiction and save money to use on life-sustaining food.

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

So you think people that drink beer aren't eating? Wow. You must be high.

So many bleeding hearts about monopoly. Too many crybabies in the chat.

@rethinker167

9 күн бұрын

scared youll loose your part time job at the lcbo?

@AnnaJo2000

9 күн бұрын

@@rethinker167 Learn to spell before responding. 😂

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

It's an Ontario cashflow thing. Completely over your head.

We don’t need alcohol to live, it’s poison. High in calories. Closing it down will help people recover from addiction. If you agree give the thumbs up.

Who cares if any store sells beer? not me. Especially in Ontario 😂. it's all foreigners anyway

@pacman3556

9 күн бұрын

Molson, Sleeman, Mooshead, Kokanee, Steam Whistle Labbat's etc etc etc are foreigners? Wtf are you going on about?

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

@@pacman3556 Molson, Sleeman, Labatt's, are all foreign owned. Those companies, in turn, own the Beer Store. Foreign owned.

Go ahead strike😂

Who cares stay on strike forever all this manufactured outrage.

Doesn’t matter to me my body and spirit One in the flesh by GOD doesn’t drink it

@EatAPeach72

9 күн бұрын

Great story weirdo

@williamterrymasters1934

9 күн бұрын

@@EatAPeach72 Says a person that doesn’t know a male has a penis and a female has a vagina 🤷🏼‍♂️

Who are these people is alcohol a daily thing, and why does it feel like they are promoting it?

It effects a ton of people by the god of this world not One man Christ in the flesh

Whoever is complaining about the strike, When you guys are suffering in pain and you wait 15 hours to be seen by a doctor don't complain.

@willp_2k765

9 күн бұрын

LCBO gives back 2.5 billion in revenue to your communities

@namduong8437

9 күн бұрын

I never know an individual can get pain with such frequency and doctors are late with such frequency that require them to get booze every time, enough to make a justification for LCBO's monopoly LCBO is giving billions to communities? Since when are people willingly accepting that a corporate gives a huge amount of money away? I thought people like to point out how corporates pay too little in tax percent while not giving a damn about tax dollars or any other factor? Even if LCBO contributes that much money, giving grocery stores' permission to sell RTD beverages also gives tax back to the government. LCBO is not special, it's giving more because it's the only one at the moment that can sell liquor This union is such a shame to society. Nothing but entitlement

@willp_2k765

9 күн бұрын

@@namduong8437 all tax goes to government obviously but I'm just speaking about revenue here. With the revenue that these grocery and other stores have, and they will exceed a lot. Where will that go? Not my well being I know that.

@namduong8437

9 күн бұрын

⁠@@willp_2k765i don't have ill intention toward you but i don't see where you're coming at. The revenue that LCBO is generating alone can be achieved by multiple unassociated stores together. More stores = better for consumers as a whole. As i mentioned, LCBO is not special. I hope for the government to remove all those barriers to access to liquor selling. We will begin to see a significant decline in power from this strike. These workers and LCBO can be replaced easily

@BeeRich33

8 күн бұрын

@@willp_2k765 Employees. Their marketing budget is silly. You need to read up. If the LCBO was a proper store, they would have failed decades ago. It's a huge failure, supported by something that's taken out of the economy.

Cashier's are on strike?😂😂😂 Hire more

good. time to get rid of this racket.